I learned some things today about top and tilt while blading gravel and dirt.

I have never been much of a rear blade person, having always been a "master" of the FEL and have moved and spread lots of dirt, gravel, and rocks with the FEL. Yes I have a small rear blade, a left over from 2 tractors ago (my much smaller B7500), but I never even put in on the kubota L3400hst, and today was the first day I put it on my Kioti. Well it is a bit small, at only 5 foot, but I will tell you what, it made the job of scraping off the gravel on a driveway that the wife wanted to reclaim in grass and flower beds much easier and more precise than using the bucket. Now what I learned was how valuable a top and tilt and even a power angle WOULD have been, if I had it, which I don't. The getting off and on the tractor lots of times to adjust the blade angle, and also the side tilt adjustment about wore me out. Of course I could have done better with a box blade instead of the angle blade, but the old angle blade "got-er-done". I can really appreciate why guys that do a lot of this type of work would really want this convenience. I knew all of this before of course, but nothing like getting on and off a tractor a bunch of times and making manual adjustments.to bring it to your attention. A few good things, the crank adjuster on the side link helped a bit, and the rear 3pt lift control to allow you to "unweight" the side and top links as you adjust it was nice, and the Kioti having a nicer, smoother 3pt position control than the Kubota L3400 was a help Anyway a nice day, and I had some fun in the dirt. Oh, did I mention, how much I love the HST transmission?

Re: I learned some things today about top and tilt while blading gravel and dirt.

Originally Posted by k0ua

I have never been much of a rear blade person, having always been a "master" of the FEL and have moved and spread lots of dirt, gravel, and rocks with the FEL.

Of course I could have done better with a box blade instead of the angle blade, but the old angle blade "got-er-done". I can really appreciate why guys that do a lot of this type of work would really want this convenience. I knew all of this before of course, but nothing like getting on and off a tractor a bunch of times and making manual adjustments.to bring it to your attention.

Anyway a nice day, and I had some fun in the dirt. Oh, did I mention, how much I love the HST transmission?

Re: I learned some things today about top and tilt while blading gravel and dirt.

Beautiful day yesterday. Took the chains off the tractor and removed the boxblade and snowplow. Installed the landplane and helped a neighbor work their private dirt road across from my next door neighbor. He was using his box blade and
He was impressed with the result I got with the landplane. Made for a nice 2 hours...

Re: I learned some things today about top and tilt while blading gravel and dirt.

Since the topic is rear blading dirt and gravel, can I ask about how much frustration is there to doing this on my B2620 with 1/4 inch valving and no top link or hydraulics. Having just finished digging in too deep in the snow with the RB and now rearranging the gravel, I just can't feather the RB to the right height for spreading it all back evenly. Admittedly I'm sort of new at it with this tractor, but is it me or something to live with since those top/tilt or hydraulics aren't on my rig?

Re: I learned some things today about top and tilt while blading gravel and dirt.

Originally Posted by oldballs

Since the topic is rear blading dirt and gravel, can I ask about how much frustration is there to doing this on my B2620 with 1/4 inch valving and no top link or hydraulics. Having just finished digging in too deep in the snow with the RB and now rearranging the gravel, I just can't feather the RB to the right height for spreading it all back evenly. Admittedly I'm sort of new at it with this tractor, but is it me or something to live with since those top/tilt or hydraulics aren't on my rig?